AWSS 2009 Graduate Essay Prize, Deadline Sept. 1

[Margaret Beissinger]

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS -- AWSS 2009 GRADUATE ESSAY PRIZE
DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 1

The 2009 AWSS Graduate Essay Prize will be awarded to the best
dissertation chapter or article-length essay in any field or area of 
Slavic/East European/Central Asian Studies written by a woman or on a 
topic in Slavic/East European/Central Asian Women's/Gender Studies 
written by a woman or a man. This competition is open only to current 
doctoral students or to those who defended a doctoral dissertation in 
2008-2009. If the essay is a seminar paper, it must have been written in 
2008-2009. If the essay is a dissertation chapter, it should be
accompanied by the dissertation abstract and table of contents. Previous 
submissions and published materials are ineligible. Essays should be no 
longer than 50 pages, including reference matter, and in English (quoted 
text in any other language should be translated).

The award carries a cash prize of $250; the winner will be announced at 
the AAASS national convention in November.

Please send a copy of the essay and an updated CV to each of the three 
members of the Prize Committee:

Prof. Margaret Beissinger
Department of Slavic Languages
249 East Pyne
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544

Prof. Cathy Frierson
7 Charland Terrace
Waterville, ME 04901

Dr. Dunja Popovic'
86 Buckingham St. #4
Cambridge, MA 02138

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